Improvement in medical compound for hog-cholera



THOMAS .L. OOTTEN, OF MADISON COUNTY, MISSISSTPPI, ASSIGNOR TO MARTHA J. OOTTEN, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 108,453, dated October 18, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICAL COMPOUND FOR HOG-OHOLERA.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS L: Corner, of the county of Madison and State ot" Mississippi, have invented a certain new and useful Medicine for the Cure of Measels and Cholera in Hogs, called Magic Hog Medicine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of this invention is the production of a medicine or ointment for the cure of the disease called measels or cholera. among hogs.

In its composition I use four ingredients, namely, mercurial ointment, carbolic acid, oil of pennyroyal, and flowers of sulphur.

The mercurial ointment having a peculiar constitutional eifect upon the animal economy in exciting the secretory system, depressing arterial action, and

promoting absorption, allays febrile excitement, and

aids the system in ridding herself of any morbilic or poisonous matter that may be floating in the circulation.

It is well known that it afi'ects the system as readily through the skin as in any other way, and very probably more so. Another virtue which it possesses in this connection is, that it destroys those vermin known to theworld as lice, and which are very common among hogs.

Oarbolic acid, possessing great healing powers, is employed for the purpose of healing any lesions of structure in the skin, and being a powerful disinfectant, rids the atmosphere of any contagion that may cause cholera or other diseases. 7

Oil of pennyroyal drives off fleas or destroys them, thereby enabling the hogs to have rest, quietude, composure, and sleep, which is indispensable to their well-being.

The flowers of sulphur, as is well known to the medical world, possess great curative virtues in all diseases of the skin.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and. use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and mode of application.

The articles of which the compound is composed are used in about the following proportions:

Mercurial ointment, one ounce; carbolic acid, one dram, (liquid); oil of pennyroyal, one dram; flowers of sulphur, one-halt ounce.

Or, asfollows:

One (1) part of carbolic acid and oil of pcnnyroyal to eight (8) parts of mercurial ointment, and one (1) part of flowers of sulphur to ten (10) parts of mercnrial ointment,

These proportions may, of course, be raried without altering the principle of my invention.

The mode of preparation is as follows:

In the summer season, place the mercurial oint mcnt in an earthen vessel, and add to it the oil of pennyroyal and carbolio acid. Stir well with a spatula. or small paddle until the ointment is dissolved; then add the flowers of sulphur, and stir until all the ingredients are well mixed.

In winter it may be necessary to place the vessel upon a warm stove to obtain sulficient heat to dissolve the mercurial ointment.

To give the mass suflicient consistency, a tablespoonful of melted tallow may be'added and stirred in. If this be not sufifiicient, and a stiffer compound is desired, add a little melted rosin.

To be used it is only necessary to .rub this com.- pound upon the trough, rails or posts where the hogs are in the habit of scratching themselves, and let them apply it, which practical experience has fully (iGlIlOllStl'tltGd they will readily do.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot the United States, is-

A medicine or ointment for the cure of mea-sels or cholera, among hogs, oomposed'of the ingredients named, in about the proportions herein set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOS. L. OOTTEN. Witnesses:

PHILIP Rnrrom), Enwn. DAVIS, Sr. 

